FORR Strangle Strategy
FORR (Forrester Research, Inc.), in the Industrials sector, (Consulting Services industry), listed on NASDAQ.
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FORR (Forrester Research, Inc.) trades in the Industrials sector, specifically Consulting Services, with a market capitalization of approximately $223.8M, a beta of 0.98 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 4.88-12.33, average daily share volume of 120K, a public-listing history dating back to 1996, approximately 1K full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how FORR stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 0.98 places FORR roughly in line with broader market moves, so the strategy payoff and realized volatility track the index-equivalent baseline. FORR pays a dividend, which adjusts put-call parity and shifts the ex-dividend pricing across the listed chain.
What is a strangle on FORR?
A long strangle buys an OTM call and an OTM put at offset strikes, cheaper than a straddle but requiring a larger underlying move to profit since both wings start out-of-the-money.
FORR snapshot
As of August 14, 2026, spot at $11.41, ATM IV 72.00%, IV rank 11.88%, expected move 20.64%. The strangle on FORR below is built from the end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 35-day expiry.
Why this strangle structure on FORR specifically: FORR IV at 72.00% is on the cheap side of its 1-year range, which favors premium-buying structures like a FORR strangle, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 20.64% (roughly $2.36 on the underlying). The 35-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated FORR expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on FORR should anchor to the underlying notional of $11.41 per share and to the trader's directional view on FORR stock.
FORR strangle setup
The FORR strangle below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With FORR at $11.41 on that close, the first option leg uses a $11.98 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed FORR chain at a 35-day expiry; the cross-strike IV skew is reflected directly in the per-leg values rather than approximated. Quantity sizing assumes one contract per option leg (or 100 FORR shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 1 | Call | $11.98 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $10.84 | N/A |
FORR strangle risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- N/A
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Breakeven(s)
- None on modeled curve
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- N/A
Upside max profit is unbounded; downside max profit is bounded at the put strike minus the combined debit (reached at zero). Max loss equals the combined debit times 100 (reached anywhere between the two OTM strikes). Two breakevens at call-strike plus debit and put-strike minus debit.
FORR strangle payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the strangle on FORR. Each row is one sampled price point from the computed payoff curve; the full curve uses 200 price points internally before being summarized into 10 rows here.
When traders use strangle on FORR
Strangles on FORR are the cheaper cousin of the straddle - traders use them when they want a large directional move but are willing to give up the inner-strike sensitivity in exchange for a lower up-front debit on the FORR chain.
FORR thesis for this strangle
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for FORR extends from approximately $9.05 on the downside to $13.77 on the upside. A FORR long strangle is the OTM cousin of the straddle: lower up-front cost but the underlying has to travel further past either OTM strike before the position turns profitable at expiration. Current FORR IV rank near 11.88% sits in the lower third of its 1-year distribution, where IV often re-expands toward the mean; this favors premium-buying structures and disadvantages premium-selling structures on FORR at 72.00%. As a Industrials name, FORR options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to FORR-specific events.
FORR strangle positions are structurally neutral / high-volatility (long premium, OTM); the modeled P&L assumes European-style exercise at expiration and ignores early assignment, transaction costs, dividends paid before expiry on the stock leg (when present), and the bid-ask spread on the listed chain. FORR positions also carry Industrials sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move FORR alongside the broader basket even when FORR-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current FORR chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a strangle on FORR?
- A strangle on FORR is the strangle strategy applied to FORR (stock). The strategy is structurally neutral / high-volatility (long premium, OTM): A long strangle buys an OTM call and an OTM put at offset strikes, cheaper than a straddle but requiring a larger underlying move to profit since both wings start out-of-the-money. With FORR stock at $11.41 on the most recent close, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed FORR chain strike and the premiums come straight from that session's bid/ask midpoint.
- How are FORR strangle max profit and max loss calculated?
- Upside max profit is unbounded; downside max profit is bounded at the put strike minus the combined debit (reached at zero). Max loss equals the combined debit times 100 (reached anywhere between the two OTM strikes). Two breakevens at call-strike plus debit and put-strike minus debit. For the FORR strangle priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 72.00%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is unbounded per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a FORR strangle?
- The breakeven for the FORR strangle priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve at expiration, derived from the end-of-day chain's premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The FORR market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move in the same options snapshot is approximately 20.64%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a strangle on FORR?
- Strangles on FORR are the cheaper cousin of the straddle - traders use them when they want a large directional move but are willing to give up the inner-strike sensitivity in exchange for a lower up-front debit on the FORR chain.
- How does current FORR implied volatility affect this strangle?
- FORR ATM IV is at 72.00% with IV rank near 11.88%, which is on the low end of its 1-year range. Premium-buying structures (long call, long put, debit spreads) are relatively cheap in this regime; premium-selling structures collect less credit per unit risk.